Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld, better known by his stage name as Don Francisco, is a Chilean television host, and a popular personality on the Univision network reaching Spanish-speaking viewers in the United States. He is best known for hosting the former variety shows Sábado Gigante, Don Francisco Presenta and Don Francisco Te Invita.
Sábado Gigante is a Spanish-language television program broadcast by Spanish International Network in the United States. It is Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running television variety series in world television history. Sábado Gigante is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment. From its start in 1962, it was hosted by Chilean TV star Mario Kreutzberger under the stage name of Don Francisco. Rolando Barral and Pedro De Pool began serving as a co-hosts in 1986; that role was taken over by Javier Romero in 1991.
Raúl "El Gordo" De Molina is a Cuban-American television presenter, best known as the co-host of the Univision Network entertainment news show El Gordo y la Flaca, for which he won multiple Emmy Awards.
Liliana Del Carmen Estefan is a Cuban American model and television presenter, known as the co-host of El Gordo y la Flaca on Univision.
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (NYRE), billed since 2008 as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, is a New Year's Eve television special broadcast by ABC. The special broadcasts primarily from New York City's Times Square and prominently features coverage of its annual ball drop event hosted by television personality Ryan Seacrest, along with live and pre-recorded musical performances by popular musicians from Times Square and Hollywood. Since 2016–17, the special has regularly included performances and coverage of midnight festivities from other U.S. locations, including New Orleans and San Juan.
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located in New York City's Times Square. Located on the roof of One Times Square, the ball is a prominent part of a New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred to as the ball drop, where the ball descends down a specially designed flagpole, beginning at 11:59:00 p.m. ET, and resting at midnight to signal the start of the new year. In recent years, the ball drop has been preceded by live entertainment, including performances by musicians. Over 1,000,000 people from around the world attend.
Adriana Cataño is an American actress, businesswoman and television host. She has acted in Latin soap operas and has hosted programs on Univision Telemundo, TV Azteca, Fox Sports Americas and Telefutura.
¡Despierta América! is an American Spanish language morning television show airing on Univision. Debuting on April 14, 1997, the program's primarily targets the Hispanic population in the United States. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Raúl González, Jessica Rodríguez, Jomari Goyso, Karla Martínez, Alan Tacher, Francisca Lachapel, Ana María Canseco, and Satcha Pretto.
Jimena is a Mexican pop singer, TV host, and actress.
Telemundo is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content nationally with programming syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes telenovelas and other drama series, sports, sitcoms, reality and variety series, news programming, and imported Spanish-language feature films. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its major studios, production facilities, and business operations based in Doral, Florida.
Alejandra Marrero is a Mexican TV Host and Actress. She won the first year of Univision's beauty contest/reality television show Nuestra Belleza Latina on May 22, 2007.
Estrella TV is an American Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by the Estrella Media subsidiary of HPS Investment Partners, LLC. The network primarily features programs, the vast majority of which are produced by the network itself, aimed at Hispanic and Latino American audiences – featuring a mix of entertainment series, reality television series, drama series, news, sports, and imported Mexican-produced feature films.
Nueve is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The primary station and network namesake is Channel 9 of Mexico City, though the network has nationwide coverage on Televisa stations and some affiliates. Nueve offers a range of general entertainment programs.
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014 was the eight season of Nuestra Belleza Latina and the eighth season to be aired on Univision. The season premiere was on Sunday February 16, 2014 at 8pm/7c, the earliest premiere of all eight seasons. The season finale was on Sunday, May 18, 2014.
Noticias Telemundo is the news division of Telemundo, an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises and Content, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal. The news division is based out of the network's facilities in the Miami suburb of Hialeah, Florida.
From 1991 to 2020, the Fox television network aired New Year's Eve specials with various hosts and formats. Many of these specials featured music performances by popular musicians, and coverage of the Times Square ball drop in New York City, although some deviated from this format by focusing on festivities in other cities.
Carlos McConnie is a Puerto Rican television host and actor. He hosts the show Euromaxx produced by Deutsche Welle, and appeared on Univision's Sábado Gigante.
Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán, better known as Alfonso Zayas, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his participation in many Mexican sex comedies. In Mexico, Zayas participated in over 100 films. Zayas is remembered better by United States audiences for his participation, since 2000, in the Univision Saturday evenings show, Sabado Gigante.
Pedro Valentín De Pool is a Cuban radio personality, actor, and former television host. From 2006 until 2013, De Pool has been a part of the radio newscast team for Radio y Televisión Martí. In television, he is best remembered as the co-host of Sabado Gigante from 1986 until 1991.
